make sure
idiom
: to find out or do something so that one has no doubt about whether something is true, correct, will happen, etc.
Make sure (that) you turn the oven off.
They made sure everyone knew where they were supposed to be.
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The clergy made a full lap around the field to make sure all the angles were covered, including the end where Loop's very makeable kick fluttered wide.
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CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
To make sure traffic always flows through their infrastructure, the extensions dynamically reconfigure Chrome's proxy settings using an auto-configuration script.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
But most people have to use various care techniques to make sure their plants don't dry out in winter.
—Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
Until there's an exhaustive disclosure of all those files, Democrats are going to make sure this continues to hang over the President and continue to express doubt about why all the files were not released.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
To make sure traffic always flows through their infrastructure, the extensions dynamically reconfigure Chrome's proxy settings using an auto-configuration script.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
But most people have to use various care techniques to make sure their plants don't dry out in winter.
—Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
Until there's an exhaustive disclosure of all those files, Democrats are going to make sure this continues to hang over the President and continue to express doubt about why all the files were not released.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for make sure
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“Make sure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20sure. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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